Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Oh How I LOVE the 4th

Yep, just as I said, I LOVE the 4th of July!!! Can't even explain how much I do. There's so many reasons why it's my very favorite holiday. First of all, the 4th of July is at my most favorite time of the year, SUMMER time! I LOVE summertime and heat and going out to the lake.

Secondly, I LOVE the colors that go with the 4th. If you were to walk through my house right now, all you would see is RED, WHITE, BLUE, and TURQUOISE. I bask in them. Our wedding was red white and blue too, and it turned out very lovely, only I would love to do it again with a touch of turquoise! {grin}...Just recently (I'm sure you've noticed) I discovered the turquoise/red combo and I've loved adding it to my already red/white/blue decor.

Thirdly, I love the food that comes with the 4th. I love eating anyway, but the 4th of July food is on the top of my favorite list! I love to eat summer foods like watermelon, sandwiches, fruit dips, trifles, potato salad, YOU NAME IT!! I just lament the fact that I don't have more time to enjoy that food. :)

Fourth, I LOVE the fireworks. The booms, the crashes, the bangs, the colors, WOW!!! LOVE them. I had our wedding guests light sparklers instead of throwing rice or blowing bubbles. It was SO much fun! I'm just a pomp and circumstance kinda gal. Ally loves the fireworks so much, that last time she saw them, she clapped and said "oh wow" every time a firework went off! It was so precious to watch.

Most of all, I love the 4th of July because it represents my very favorite privilege, FREEDOM!! I am such an independent spirit, I could not live without being free. Or let's say I would have a very hard time doing so. So I am most of all thankful to God for giving me the freedom to be me and to live according to my convictions. I love that about God and my country America! And I thank God that there are SO many people out there that are willing to fight so that I can keep that freedom.

I could go on and on about how much I love things about the 4th. But instead of boring you to tears with my lovin', I will just share some of the fun things I found while browsing pinterest and blogs this week. Hoping you will enjoy these as much as I do!

19 comments:

Ahhh I love everything here! I wasn't really looking forward to the 4th this year because my husband won't be here, even though it's my favorite holiday. I might be getting a little excited now though. I want to go out and make all the decorations I was avoiding.

OK that mantle is gorgeous! I adore it!! And your pictures, too! OK I'm single, but a woman so I dream lol, but when I get married I think it'd be amazing to do it on 4th of July with the whole theme :)

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